Curated calendar with indie game events, conferences and play festivals worldwide.

  • Control Conference 2015

    TBA Utrecht, Netherlands

    Game Development Conference - Utrecht http://controlconference.com/  This year’s Control Conference is going to be the biggest ever. We’ve grown from a one-day event to a fully-fledged three-day conference. New this year are the Worldbuilding Seminar and the Applied Games Summit. Furthermore, on Tuesday we’d like to welcome our attendees to an overview of the best Dutch indie games at…

  • INDIGO 2015

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Annual Dutch Games showcase The next edition of INDIGO will take place on 29 and 30 September in TivoliVredenburg, Vredenburgkade 11 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in collaboration with the Dutch Film Festival and Control Conference. This year, INDIGO consists of a main day with international guests (Sep 29th) and a public afternoon (Sep 30th). Tue 10:00 - 21:00 | Wed 13:00 - 17:00

  • PAF Presents: The Art of Play 2016

    De Verkeerstoren Distelweg 83, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    The Art of Play: A day with masterclasses for creative professionals interested in a playful perspective. Theme: Stimulate the Senses Tickets https://the-art-of-play-2016-masterclasses.eventbrite.nl Location: De Verkeerstoren, Amsterdam (NL) Design, discuss and explore concepts focused on playful, sensory and interactive experiences using sound, wearables or immersive space. Join our extraordinary experts in the masterclasses and play &…

  • FAQ W2N8

    W2 Poppodium Boschveldweg 473, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

    Electronic Music Festival FAQ Festival collaboration with Playful Arts Festival for the Saturday night line-up mixing music and visual/ playful arts. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/244900439177969/ Website: http://www.faqfestival.nl/?cat=18 Music: Aardvarck x Steven de Peven (Rednose Distrikt) Legowelt Elias Mazian Awanto3 (Rushhour, Dekmantel) Spatial Collective Benn Rogue Sugarbelly Playful Arts: Flowtools by Matthias Oostrik Soundodger+ - Studio Bean Maze of the…

  • Playful Arts Sessions 2016

    Willem II Fabriek ‘s-Hertogenbosch

    A one day event where we will explore playful arts that are still in development. More info soon.

  • Future Flux Festival – Playground Sessions 2016

    Onderzeebootloods RDM-straat 1, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Maker festival Rotterdam. Creative makers coming from technology, art, innovation and design.  Evening programme with installations, performances, talks and a music line-up. www.futurefluxfestival.nl

  • Playful Revolution – Play Out #4

    Blijburg aan Zee Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Come out and play! Sand, Sun and Sweat on Amsterdam’s favourite city beach, Blijburg aan Zee! We’ll start with some Folk games and a playful warm-up (you’ll need it, trust me) and then move on to the Big Ball Games! As tribute to the New Games movement we’ll be playing some massively fun games with an equally…

  • Incubate Arcade 2016

    De NWE Vorst WillemII-straat 49, Tilburg

    Ever thought of your body as a game controller? The alternative controller movement is picking up steam in the independent game developer community. A game where your clothing functions as a controller to a chicken simulation that has you peck corn off of a computer screen; Incubate Arcade invites the worlds most inventive and creative game developers…

  • INDIGO 2016

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    INDIGO takes place September 27th in Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht. Dutch Game Garden invites game developers from the Netherlands and Belgium to showcase their games! INDIGO is Dutch Game Garden's games showcase, presenting the finest, most outstanding games in the Netherlands and Belgium. The games range from brand new playable prototypes to completed games offering impressive…

  • Control Conference 2016

    TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Control - game conference.  

  • Games People Play

    Nest De Constant Rebecqueplein 20b, The Hague, Netherlands

    'A game seems so simple, but in the end it is a complex phenomenon that gives us the possibility to think outside the box. Playing makes it possible to reinterpret reality, to explore taboos and to experiment with the impossible. In Games People Play, eight artists and artist collectives explore the social function of playing…

  • Symposium en expositie: Let’s Play Nederlandse Game Geschiedenis

    Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid 1 Media Parkboulevard, Hilversum, Netherlands

    In het kader van een onderzoek naar Let's Play video's en de Let's Play game-tentoonstelling bij Beeld en Geluid, nodigen we game academici, studenten, liefhebbers, verzamelaars en erfgoed professionals van harte uit voor een symposium georganiseerd door Universiteit Utrecht en Beeld en Geluid over het bewaren van Nederlandse computergame geschiedenis. Een volle middag met lezingen,…

  • Fugue of Play

    Platform Minerva Praediniussingel 59, Groningen, Netherlands

    FUGUE OF PLAY | 24 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER | AN EXHIBITION ON ART AND VIDEOGAMES In a world full of smartphones, apps and augmented reality, almost nobody notices a single new videogame. But as a result of the development of extended and accessible techniques, the videogame is no longer just a game of skill.…

  • The Overkill 2016

    The Cee Spot Enschede, Netherlands

    From the website http://www.theoverkill.nl/ The Overkill Festival is a 48 hours nonstop gaming and film event. On The Overkill, visitors are confronted with an ‘Overkill’ of popular culture multimedia, with a strong focus on movies, video and gaming. The transcending borders of these media and the corresponding subcultures evolving around them will get a special attention…

  • ALT CTRL Hackathon

    TBA TIlburg Tilburg, Netherlands

    One day of experimenting with creating alternative controllers for games. More info tba

  • Global Game Jam 2017

    Everywhere

    The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Register a site or join one of the jams around the world. There will be locations in over 90 different countries! http://globalgamejam.org/ If you're in the Netherlands: There are about 10 locations around NL…

  • Playful Arts Meetup #1

    WILLEM TWEE Boschdijkstraat 100, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

    We nodigen je van harte uit voor de eerste Playful Arts meetup op 15 februari 2017! Deel je projecten en gedachtes op het snijvlak van beeldende kunst, podiumkunst, playful design en sociale interactie met onze community tijdens onze playful arts meetups. Wat zijn playful arts? In 2017 willen we met informele avonden in Amsterdam en…

  • International City-Gaming Conference 2017

    Het Nieuwe Instituut 25 Museumpark, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-for-cities-conference-tickets-31317310920 From the website: The Games for Cities programme is hosting the first international conference with leading ‘city-game’ design experts from around the world. Games for Cities is an initiative started by Play the City and partners, and aims to create a platform for knowledge exchange on games that have the potential to facilitate…

  • Playful Arts Meetup #2

    TBA - Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Join us for our second Playful Arts Meetup on 10 May 2017! Location in Amsterdam TBA Share your projects and thoughts about the cross-over between visual art, performing art, playful design and social interaction. ::::::: CALL FOR TALKS::::::::: Do you have a project you're working on which you would love to talk about from a…


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